Derpart

What Derpart does

DERPART Reisevertrieb GmbH is a Frankfurt-based German travel distribution organization founded in 1984 and operating as a wholly-owned component of DERTOUR Group, the tourism arm of REWE Group. The company operates a hybrid franchise-plus-direct distribution model comprising approximately 290 independently operated DERPART travel agencies (Reisebüros) across Germany and a consumer-facing online booking portal (DERPART.COM), supplemented by a dedicated business-travel sub-brand (DERBUSINESS / derbusiness.com). Its core products span package holidays (Pauschalreisen), hotels, cruises, city breaks, themed vacations (all-inclusive, family, wellness, golf, winter, long-haul), last-minute deals, and ancillary services including gift vouchers, airport hotels with parking, and visa assistance, all served to both German consumers and travelers in Austria and Switzerland.

The technology stack is a conventional travel booking portal with no disclosed proprietary AI platform or public API; AI/ML use is limited to cookie-based recommendation sorting (by price, rating, or alphabetical) and a "Recently viewed accommodations" feature. Integrations include PAYONE and American Express for payments, Usercentrics for GDPR consent, etracker for analytics, empaction for newsletter dispatch, and Google Maps for agency locator. Compliance footprint is broad, covering GDPR, the EU Digital Services Act (with published 2024 and 2025 transparency reports and 55,354 disclosed MAUs), the German accessibility law (BFSG), and supply chain due diligence (LkSG) under the REWE Group framework.

DERPART generates revenue primarily through commissions from tour operators on packaged holidays, hotels, and cruises distributed through its franchise network and online channel, supplemented by service fees for agency activities disclosed in physical locations. Its go-to-market combines a channel-partner franchise model with a sales-led consultative motion, supported by content marketing (expert travel blog, newsletter, social media on Facebook, Instagram, XING, Yelp, and YouTube) and SEO on the booking portal. The customer base is overwhelmingly long-tail B2C individual travelers, with a secondary corporate segment via DERBUSINESS; management comprises Managing Directors Maximilian Küppers and Andreas Weber, with Andreas Heimann as Supervisory Board Chairman.

Name

Derpart

Legal name

DERPART Reisevertrieb GmbH

Website

https://[email protected]

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DERPART is a German travel distribution franchise network (founded 1984) operating approximately 290 travel agencies and an online booking portal under the DERTOUR / REWE Group umbrella, distributing package holidays, hotels, cruises, and business travel to B2C consumers and corporate clients across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Agency Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (5615)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury & Premium Leisure Travel Agencies (THAKABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Concierge & Luxury Personal Itinerary Design (THAKAOAB), Wellness, Spa & Retreat Travel Agencies (THAKAFAI), Luxury Travel Agencies (THAKAFAA)

Keywords

• Travel distribution
• Package holidays
• Travel agency network
• Cruise bookings
• Business travel services

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Travel Package Distribution: Derpart acts as a travel distribution organization, earning commissions from tour operators for packaged holidays and travel services. They offer package tours (Pauschalreisen), hotels, cruises, and flight bookings through their network of ~290 partner travel agencies and online platform.
2. Travel Agency Services: Service fees charged for travel agency activities including booking facilitation, consultation, and special requests. Service fees are disclosed through price lists displayed in agency locations and may be charged for various services including flight bookings and other travel arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Derpart is a German travel distribution organization that distributes package holidays, hotels, cruises, city breaks, and themed travel products from third-party tour operators (e.g., DERTOUR, Schauinsland-Reisen) through a network of approximately 290 franchised physical travel agencies and a consumer-facing online booking portal (DERPART.COM). It combines direct online booking with free-of-charge personal travel-expert consultation, and also operates a separate corporate travel brand, DERBUSINESS.

Product overview

Derpart operates as a German travel distribution organization offering a dual-channel model: a consumer-facing online booking portal (DERPART.COM) and a network of approximately 290 physical travel agency offices. The core product portfolio centers on package holidays (Pauschalreisen), hotel bookings (Urlaubshotels), and cruise travel (Kreuzfahrten), supplemented by themed travel packages (All Inclusive, Cluburlaub, Familienurlaub, Fernreisen, Golfreisen, Rundreisen, Wellnessreisen, Winterurlaub), city breaks (Städtereisen), and last-minute deals. Business travel is served via a separate sub-brand (DERBUSINESS). The offering integrates an online travel inspiration platform (Reise-Ideen & Beratung), expert travel blogs, and a personalized Wunschreise inquiry service where travel experts create custom quotes. Ancillary services include gift vouchers, airport hotels with parking, and visa processing. The company positions itself as offering more vacation for the money through expert consultation included at no extra charge.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DERPART Reisebüro: Franchised travel agency locations operating under the DERPART brand
• DERBusiness

Products and services

• Pauschalreisen (Package Holidays) Package holiday offerings combining flights, accommodation, and other travel services from multiple tour operators at bundled prices, offered to leisure travelers across Germany via the online portal and franchise travel agencies.
• Urlaubshotels (Vacation Hotels) Hotel-only bookings including vacation hotels and airport hotels with Park, Sleep & Fly packages, available for booking online or through Derpart travel agencies.
• Kreuzfahrten (Cruises) Ocean and river cruise bookings through a dedicated cruise portal (kreuzfahrten.derpart.com), featuring high-sea and river cruise options for leisure travelers.
• Städtereisen (City Breaks) City break and weekend getaway packages covering European and international destinations, bookable online or at a Derpart travel agency.
• Last Minute Reisen (Last-Minute Travel) Spontaneous travel deals for last-minute bookings at discounted prices, combining flights, hotels, and packages for short-notice travelers.
• Geschäftsreisen / DERBUSINESS (Business Travel) Business travel services offered via derbusiness.com, covering corporate travel management, booking, and reporting for corporate clients via the DERBUSINESS sub-brand.
• Themenreisen (Themed Travel Packages: All Inclusive, Cluburlaub, Familienurlaub, Fernreisen, Golfreisen, Rundreisen, Wellnessreisen, Winterurlaub) Specialized themed travel packages including all-inclusive resorts, club holidays, family vacations, long-haul travel, golf trips, round trips, wellness retreats, and winter holidays, distributed online and via the franchise agency network.
• Reise-Service (Gift Vouchers, Flight Information, Airport Hotels & Parking, Visa Services) Ancillary travel services including gift vouchers (Gutscheine), flight information (Fluginfos), airport hotel and parking packages (Flughafen-Hotels & Parken), and visa processing assistance (Visadienst) for travelers.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DERTOUR GroupcoreOthersDerpart operates as a brand under the DERTOUR Group, which is the tourism division of the REWE Group. The DERTOUR Group is one of the leading tourism companies in German-speaking countries, providing the umbrella organizational structure and resources for the Derpart travel distribution network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• weg.de: weg.de is a German online travel agency specializing in package holidays, hotels, and last-minute deals. It competes with Derpart in the German online leisure booking segment and represents the pure-OTA competitive pressure on Derpart's online channel.
• CHECK24 Reisen: CHECK24 Reisen is a leading German travel comparison and booking platform for package holidays, hotels, and flights. It competes with Derpart for online leisure bookings but lacks the physical-agency network that differentiates Derpart.
• HolidayCheck: HolidayCheck is a German-language OTA and hotel-review platform focused on package holidays and hotels. It competes with Derpart's online booking and themed-holiday verticals but operates as a digital-only player.

Direct peers

• TourVis GmbH: TourVis is a German travel agency network and technology provider serving independent travel agencies with booking systems and tour-operator connectivity. Comparable to Derpart as a competing agency-network platform serving the German retail travel market.
• Alltours: Alltours is a German tour operator specializing in package holidays, all-inclusive resorts, and family travel, distributed online and through partner travel agencies. Comparable to Derpart across product mix, target customer, and agency-network distribution model.
• TUI Deutschland: TUI Deutschland is the largest integrated tour operator and travel retail network in Germany, offering package holidays, hotels, cruises, and dedicated agency stores. It is the most direct large-scale comparable to Derpart in product mix, agency-based distribution model, and German leisure customer focus.
• FTI Group: FTI Group is a major German tour operator offering package holidays, hotels, and cruises through both direct channels and a network of partner travel agencies. Closely comparable to Derpart as a wholesale tour operator plus retail-agency distribution player in Germany.
• Schauinsland-Reisen: Schauinsland-Reisen is a leading German package-holiday tour operator with a strong direct-to-consumer brand and partner travel-agency distribution. Comparable to Derpart in package-holiday focus, German leisure customer base, and multi-channel (online + agency) distribution.
• L'TUR: L'TUR is a German travel retailer specializing in last-minute package holidays and city breaks, combining online booking with a chain of physical travel agency stores. Comparable to Derpart in hybrid online/offline retail and German leisure holiday focus.

Broad incumbents

• DERTOUR: DERTOUR is the umbrella tour operator and travel brand within the same DERTOUR Group (REWE) that owns Derpart. It is a sibling incumbent offering overlapping package, hotel, and cruise products at group level — comparable as a fellow large German travel-distribution brand under the same corporate parent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/derpart
• Instagraminstagram.com/derpart
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCz7JmB6_5kqLzkZ9kL8Z8yA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/derpart

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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